Holiday Inn Express Grand Island, Ne

Oh boy. Day 3 was an action packed day. Not only did we see the world's largest truck stop (gasp!...and no we didn't visit) we ended up in Lincoln, NE home of the cornhuskers! What a formidable sounding foe. I'm trembling just imaging the terror that they must inspire in their opponents when they step onto the football field (this trip has a lot of football going on....).

Another 8 hours in the ...

These are my gadgets that I'm bringing.

Samsung NC10 netbook & dual voltage power cord
Fujifilm F50fd digital camera
Nikon D70 digital camera
DS Lite
Battery charger with spare battery NL-3
Battery charger for fuji
AA battery charger
28mm-100mm lens
50mm lens
2 1gb SD cards
1 2gb SD card
1 1gb CF card
1 4gb CF card
Dual voltage curling iron
Dual voltage ds power cord

... monogramed JD towels and wash cloths would look good in any Master Bathroom.

Once I put my tongue back into my mouth we headed west along I80. At Des Moines we cut down I35 to route 34 then south on 59 and back west on 2 into Lincoln, NE. This is the real America, where real people do the real work. Where homes are seperated by vaste fields of grain. Where towns are few and far ...

We traveled north through Oklahoma and Kansas (via I 35;I 135; US 81) for 12 hours. Finally, after traveling for 12 hours, we found a place to stop!!! It was nice having our RV to just park. It was 48 degrees, Tuesday Morning, in Grand Island, NE!!!

Today, Friday, was another driving day. OK Nebraska rivals Nevada for the worst state ever to drive through! We already described Nevada. Nebraska is desolate and flat the sand of Nevada is traded for wheat fields. Fortunately today was a short (320 mile) day. We arrived in Grand Island at around 5:00 and immediately headed for the pool. It was hot outside. We swam, ate dinner and swam some more. The night was ...

... We drove through the buffalo range and saw a few of them sheltering under the trees. Lee stopped the car and made me take pictures but I didn't want to stop too long in case the buffalo took offence to the red car (red car to a bull kind of thing!). I was worried that the car wouldn't start and we'd be eaten by buffalo or something till Lee pointed out they were probably more interested in sheltering from the sun and eating grass rather than terrorising tourists ...

... beer float at the local Dairy Queen. We hope to cover almost as many miles today so we can arrive in Madison early in the afternoon on Monday. The Interstate is so windy so we have adjusted our route to take Highway 30 through Grand Island to cross the Missouri at Blair, Nebraska. We won't be going through Lincoln. My favorite road sign ----------------------- Correctional Facility, /don't stop for hitchhikers. Penny

... gear kept us dry. We also had 25+ cross winds most of the way. As you would suspect we were the only motorcycles on the road until Des Moines and even then fellow riders were scarce. It was great to wake up to sunny and dry weather this morning. We are going to tour Lincoln a bit this morning and leave for western Nebraska early afternoon. Penny

... some time with my Mom. It had been years since we had seen each other, and Dale had never met my family. The day past too quick, and I wished we had planned more time to stay. However at this point it was too late to make any changes, and besides our adventure was just beginning.. Tomorrow we would be departing for Kansas City....

... we actually had to pull off the road for. Fortunately, Hope came out of it okay. We arrived at my Mom's farm around 11:00 pm, after wandering dirt back roads for about 40 minuets. After some visiting and a bite to eat our bodies gave in and we were forced to retire for the night.